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2018 Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia, LLC. All Rights ReservedChina KFC Delivers Chicken With a Side of Man Not since Patton Oswalt&rsquo;s failure pile in a sadness bowl comedy bit has such a mockery been made of Colonel Sanders&rsquo; fried chicken franchise. When he opened his first restaurant in the front room of a Kentucky gas station during the Great Depression never could the Southern gentleman have imagined that one day in China his famous beloved recipe of 11 herbs and spices would be ordered based on the &ldquo;cuteness&rdquo; criteria of its delivery boys. &nbsp; First things first: KFC delivers? In certain overseas markets surprisingly yes. But American customers of the Yum! Brands (YUM) fast food chain ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2012/02/09/china-kfc-delivers-chicken-with/
Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:45:00 EDTMcDonald's Hits an All-Time High as Steakhouse Chains Bleed Out It&#39;s tough out there. The Misery Index is at all-time highs the European Union&#39;s looking at tossing a thirteen-figure sum at its debt crisis and TV calendars are jammed end-to-end with shows about pawn shops. But if you need one more sign o&#39; the times just look at the restaurant business. McDonald&#39;s (MCD) a member of Minyanville&#39;s Occupy Wall Street Index is hitting all-time highs on the back of this morning&#39;s dynamite third-quarter earnings report. The house that Ronald McDonald built delivered a profit of $1.45 a share beating consensus estimates by 2 cents. Powered by a 5% same-store-sales ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2011/10/21/mcdonalds-hits-an-all-time/
Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:27:00 EDTKFC, Dunkin' Donuts Seek to Ensure Obesity Epidemic Doesn't End in USThe United States ranks 18th on the Global Prevalence of Adult Obesity list with 32.2% of males and 35.5% of females measuring a BMI (body mass index) of 30 or higher. China ranks #136 with 2.4% and 3.4% of males and females medically categorized as obese. South Korea and India are almost at the bottom of the list at a rank of #140 and #141 respectively. However thanks to global expansion and international consumer reciprocity of some fast food chains as American as apple pie that may soon change. Fast food brands going global is nothing new but thanks to ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/kfc-dunkin-donuts-seek-to/
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:26:00 EDTIn China, Colonel Sanders More Recognizable Than Chairman MaoMcDonald's has posted global same-store-sales growth of 5.3% for January up from 2.6% in January 2010.Europe was the major driver of the growth followed by the Asia/Pacific Middle East and Africa region and the United States where oatmeal and Chicken McNugget sales were largely responsible for the uptrend.But China is still a tough nut to crack for MCD as Yum Brands' KFC has captured the nation's collective palate. In fact as Bloomberg reported last month Colonel Sanders' image is &quot;a far more common sight in many Chinese cities than that of Mao.&quot;&ldquo;Yum has become the most successful foreign company in ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/in-china-colonel-sanders-more/
Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:46:00 EDTLion Meat Tacos Will No Longer Be Served at Arizona RestaurantRemember that taco shop in Arizona that was planning on selling lion meat tacos?Yeah not gonna happen anymore.MSNBC reports:Bryan Mazon the owner of Boca Tacos and Tequila said Monday that his Tucson eatery has received &quot;many threats&quot; against the restaurant family members customers and vendors since he announced last week that he was taking prepaid orders for the exotic [lion] tacos.Mazon said he will continue to bring unique menu items to his customers but not at the expense of safety.Mazon told the Arizona Daily Star that he had received at least 25 &quot;direct threats&quot; and &quot;probably hundreds&quot; of indirect ones ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/lion-meat-tacos-will-no/
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:30:00 EDTKFC Doubles Down in AfricaGoing on safari is one of the best ways to experience the Discovery Channel first hand but like most international experiences can often lead to feelings of homesickness and alienation.Well problem solved. Thanks to a little something called globalization you&rsquo;ll soon be able observe antelopes zebras and tigers all the while eating drumsticks out of a good ol&rsquo; fashioned bucket of KFC.Louisville-based Yum Brands said today that it plans to double the number of KFC&rsquo;s in Africa to about 1 200 by 2014 according to the AP. The company said it expects KFC to become a $2 billion brand in ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/kfc-doubles-down-in-africa/
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:41:00 EDTKFC's Double Down Bunless Sandwich to Be Promoted by College BunsWith domestic sales sagging KFC has been casting about for creative advertising ideas. First it tried promoting its hot wings on municipal fire hydrants in exchange for fire-prevention funding. Now it&rsquo;s pushing its infamous Double Down bunless sandwich by paying college women to advertise it &hellip; on their buns.That&rsquo;s right: The chicken chain is appropriating ad space normally reserved for sororities by paying attractive girls $500 to pass out coupons while sporting tight sweatpants emblazoned with &ldquo;Double Down&rdquo; on the backside. Crass? Certainly though it shouldn&rsquo;t be too much of a surprise with other fast-food brands like Burger King having ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/kfcs-double-down-bunless-sandwich/
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